First Place: $1,000 | Second Place: $500
Submission deadline: June 1 | Winners notified: August
Research papers are now being accepted for the 2020 CAP Award for Water Research. Submissions for this award should focus on water issues that affect central and southern Arizona and/or the Colorado River. Papers may focus on legal, economic, political, environmental, or water management issues, or other issues that might be of interest to CAP or Arizona water users. Priority will be given to Colorado River Issues.
To apply, submit your research paper (please include a one-page abstract) here. The CAP Award is available to undergraduate and graduate students at any college or university in the state of Arizona. Papers should represent the student’s original, unpublished research.
Suggested topics include but are not limited to:
- Climate change and water supply
- Conservation
- Drought Contingency Plan
- Environmental education
- Environmental law
- Groundwater resources
- Native American water issues
- Public perception
- Recharge and recovery
- Riparian habitat
- Subsidence
- Surface water resources
- Surface/groundwater relationships
- Threatened/endangered species
- Water/energy nexus
- Water law
- Water management
- Water policy/politics
- Water rights
- Water supply/use